Motive

They released their numbers after the bell.

And you're confident in their management team?

I think the stock is undervalued.

Stock price isn't the only consideration.

Ginelle...

Half my portfolio is exposed.

I need to know my position before the market opens.

All right, then.

Let's take a look.

Turn over three cards.

You're in a unique position

to leverage the forces around you.

The upright "chariot" card,

that's about maintaining your focus and your confidence.

Your money is safe where it is, Martin.

So, this layout allows us to add four more brew tanks

a little bit further down the road.

- Joe... - which... hold on.

Which means we're gonna need a larger building,

but I'll tell you, it's never too early

to start planning for expansion...

- Joe. - Right?

I'm out.

- What do you mean? - Look, it's nothing personal.

No, it is personal.

We've been planning this for two years.

I told you from the beginning

that I did not feel comfortable making your sister a partner.

I'm sorry, Joe.

You're sorry?

And that's supposed to make this all better,

because you're "sorry"?

Guys, this isn't asbestos!

Whoa.

It never ceases to amaze me where people find bodies.

Yeah, they were preparing the warehouse

for asbestos removal.

Otherwise, we never would've found her.

She was placed there post-mortem.

How do you know that?

- No scratches on the boards. - Ugh.

Yeah...

You board me up behind a wall? I'm gonna claw my way out.

Looks like she's been in there for years.

You know, it only takes 10 weeks in a hot, dry climate

for mummification.

Especially behind these furnaces.

Ginelle Mercier. No, no.

"Mercier." With an "m." Yeah.

Yeah, when was she reported missing?

Okay. Thank you.

Okay, so, a Ginelle Mercier

disappeared about a year ago.

Oh, well, I'll be able to confirm her identity

with dental records.

Hey, thought if it was okay with you,

that maybe I would observe the autopsy?

Not at all. It's fine.

Thanks.

So I got Lucas talking to the realtor right now.

You want to head down to missing persons,

- pick up the Mercier file? - Yeah, I'll pick up.

Okay.

Got an appointment this afternoon.

- Can you cover for me? - For you? Anything.

Thank you.

Betty?

And make sure to get a gravity reading

on the ESB in tank three.

And don't forget

to release the head pressure on that ale, okay?

Thanks. So how we doing?

Can't believe that we open Friday.

Listen, sis.

Thank you for your help.

- You've been amazing. - Of course.

No, I'm... I'm serious. You...

it's been a tough year, and you've just been so strong,

and I'm proud of you.

It's going to be different this time.

I know.

How are you doing?

Can I give you some more hot water?

Um, no, just the bill, please.

Beautiful cards.

Looks like he's having a hard time.

Like... he's trying

to hold it together through the ups and downs.

Have you studied the tarot?

No, but I've always been kind of curious.

And what about this one?

What do you see?

Um... an old man on a mountain.

But he's alone.

Like he might be...

Like he might be soul-searching.

You have a gift.

Who has access to the building?

Me and the owner.

He lives overseas.

So you're the only one who's been out here for the past two years?

Uh, I put a lock box on the door.

At least a dozen realtors have access to the code.

Not to mention all the contractors.

How many contractors?

Five or six?

We were compiling bids for a renovation.

That's when we found the asbestos.

And when was that?

February, last year.

'Kay, I'm gonna need the names of all the realtors

and anyone that you've shown the property to,

as well as all the contractors.

First, asbestos, now a corpse.

I won't be able to give this building away.

I should tell my client to torch it for the insurance money.

No. You shouldn't.

Ah! Here we go.

Ginelle Mercier.

Reported missing February 16th.

I remember her.

It says you didn't file a report

till February 19th. Why'd you wait?

Her mom filed a report.

Said Ginelle phoned every Sunday,

and she'd missed the last two Sundays in a row.

So you waited because...?

Because she's a flake.

Can you be more specific?

She was a tarot card reader.

You get anything from her apartment?

No sign of foul play.

Phone records?

Just a land-line. She didn't have a cell.

Feared the radiation

would interfere with her psychic abilities.

She wouldn't even take an aspirin.

Credit cards?

Philosophically opposed. See what I mean?

Flake.

We interviewed the people from her phone records,

her neighbor, clients, family.

Nothing?

Ahh, she's all yours.

Dental records confirmed it.

This is Ginelle Mercier.

And it was definitely no accident.

Defensive wounds from a knife.

Uh, you can go to lunch any time.

Oh, I'm good.

Oh, so she tried to fight off her attacker?

Uh, yes,

and there are petecchial hemorrhages

on her heart, and a broken hyoid in her neck.

Okay, so strangulation.

She was attacked from the front and the back.

Either one hell of a fight, or we're looking for two people.

Mm, I also found a fungal infection

in her respiratory tract.

Never a dull day around here.

Well, it's a little crowded sometimes.

According to the missing persons' report,

Ginelle had several voice messages

from a "Martin Porterman," a client.

First one came in

on February 2nd, when she missed an appointment.

And the contractors found the asbestos...

- on the 10th. - Right.

Well, let's assume that the body was hidden

sometime before the 10th,

'cause you're not gonna hide a body

in a building you know is going to be torn up, right?

- No. - "Asbestos."

So she was boarded up

some time in the eight days before the building was sealed.

And Duncan everson checks out, but he can't provide a list

of who the property's been shown to,

because it's been on the market for a couple years.

What about the purse? Anything of interest in there?

Various personal items, and a tarot deck,

that was missing the "10 of cups" card.

I looked it up,

and, ironically...

It represents happiness.

Mm.

Well, yeah, the cards have more than one meaning.

- That's true. - Of course you'd know that.

Wait! You've never had a reading?

- You buy into this? - Yeah!

Well, people find meaning from different sources.

Plus, it's fun.

"Martin Porterman," that's a new name.

Yeah, he was a client.

All right. You guys mind checking him out?

- Yeah, sure. We're on it. - Thank you.

So, did you have a specific question in mind?

Yeah.

Is my mom okay?

"10 of cups." Mm.

Your mother is in a safe place.